The Azerbaijani satellite Azersky and the French satellite Pleiades will help create a regular land identification system in Azerbaijan. According to the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies of AR, the agreement on the project was signed between Azercosmos JSC and Aerial Geodesy State Enterprise.
The client is the Ministry of Agriculture. According to its idea, the capacities of the partner of the national space agency (French company Airbus Defense and Space) will let create satellite digital photomaps on the use of agricultural land and the identification of other lands. The accuracy of the mapping is due to the contractor’s capabilities; the resolution of the images from the French satellite Pleiades is 50 cm. --17D-
Economics
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Azerbaijan’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached 126.3 billion manats in 2024, marking an increase of 3 billion manats, or 2.4%, compared to the previous year, according to data released by the State Statistics Committee. In 2023, nominal GDP stood at 123 billion manats.
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The latest data from the State Statistics Committee reveals that as of December 1, 2024, the total number of salaried workers in Azerbaijan stood at 1.775 million, with 884,400 employed in the public sector and 890,900 in the private sector. This figure falls significantly short of the government's ambitious targets set seven years ago, raising concerns about employment opportunities, particularly for the country's burgeoning youth population.
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Azerbaijan's legal and physical entities engaged in trade operations with partners from 176 countries between January and November 2024, exporting goods to 120 nations and importing from 167, according to the State Customs Committee.
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Azerbaijan's retail trade turnover climbed 3.9% in real terms in 2024 compared to the previous year, reaching a total of 62.2 billion manats, the State Statistics Committee revealed. Food, beverages, and tobacco accounted for 34.1 billion manats, while non-food products contributed 28.1 billion manats to the total.
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